In pictures: Theyab Awana kiled in car accident

Theyab Awana, in action for the UAE in the Under 20 World Cup in Egypt in 2009. Awana, who died in a car accident, aged 21, represented the national team from schoolboy level up to the senior squad. Khaled El Fiqi / EPA

The goal which made him famous around the world. Awana's audacious back-heeled penalty against Lebanon in July became a YouTube hit with over 1.25 million hits. Anas Kanni / Al Ittihad

The midfielder was a rising star for the UAE, as part of the "Golden Generation" of talent that won the 2009 U19 AFC Championship in Saudi Arabia before and a silver medal at the Asian Games in 2010. Marko Djurica / Reuters

Awana was a skillful and creative midfielder, as pictured here last year, launching an attack against Kuwait in the Under 23 Gulf Cup in Qatar. Courtesy of UAE Football Association

Awana, right, was a popular member of all the representative squads he played for as he poses with Abdullah Mousa, the Al Jazira left-back . Courtesy of Al Ittihad

Awana played for his hometown club Baniyas, helping the unfancied side them to second place in Pro League last season. Pawan Singh / The National

Theyab Awana, left, as he goes past Venezuela's Francisco Flores, during their U-20 World Cup Round of 16 soccer match at the Mubarak Stadium, in the city of Suez, eastern Egypt in October 2009. AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis

UAE's Theyab Awana (front) controling the vall during his team's friendly football match against Australia in Al-Ain in January 2011. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB